Means for shipping butter and the like



May 16, 1933. E,` M DAV|5 1,909,098

l MEANS EOE SHIPPING BUTTER AND THE EIKE Filed March 25, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet l A TTORNEY May 16, 1933. E. M. DAVIS 1,909,098

MEANS FOR SHIPPING BUTTER AND THE LIKE Filed March 25, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG-5 INVENTOR.

A TTORNEY MTA/Ess Patented May 16, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ELMER MORRIS DAVIS, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, Tt

INDUSTRIAL PATENTS CORPORATION, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE MEANS FOB SHIPPING BUTTER AND THE LIKE Application led Iarch 85, 1931.

My invention relates to means for shipping butter and the like.

One of the objects of my invention 1s. to provide an economical method for handling butter.

Another object of my invention is to provide a shipping container for shipping bulk butter.

It has been customary to ship bulk butter in wooden tubs. Butter tubs are made of clean, new wood and are expensive. They may be washed several times at considerable labor and expense and then become so greasy that` they may be discarded. Large creameries customarily purchase considerable quantities of butter from small country creameries, the butter being shipped from the small Creamery to the larger Creamery where it is shaped into the conventional prints.

My invention may be better understood by reference to the drawings in which Figure 1 shows a skeleton basket constructed preferably of steel wire with a. cover in place.

Figure 2 is an end view of the cover.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the cover.

Figure 4 is a side View of the cover.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the basket with a fibre board container insert.

In a preferred embodiment of my invention, the skeleton basket is wider at the top than at the bottom, as is clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2, in order to simplify removal of an inserted container.

In practice, I insert a fibre board container 2 of proper shape and dimension into the basket l so that it fits snugly enough to be Supported. The fibre board container is then properly lined with parchment or waxed paper 3 and filled with butter. They container is then closed and the wooden cover put in place. The wooden cover permits stackinrg in rigid cars or in warehouses without damage to the fibre board container. The tapered shape serves the dual purpose of permitting easy removal of the container and facilitating circulation of air which is necessary to properly refrigerate the product.

It will be seen that my invention makes Serial No. 525,242.

for greater `sanitation in the handling of an important food product, since the fibre board Container is used but once, the basket and covers being used indefinitely.

It will be understood that changes may be made in the design of the container described or in the manner of using it without departing from the spirit of my invention, as defined in the following claim.

I claim: l

A shipping container for butter and the like, comprising in combination a relatively rigid supporting skeleton metal framework 'basket of relatively permanent type and which basket is constructed so as to provide a bottom and upstanding end and side walls all of which are integrally connected,

which upstanding walls slope slightly outwardly in passing upwardly from the bot tom, an opposing pair of said upstandin walls being provided with cover-retaining bars at the to thereof below which bars there are provi ed cover-retaining apertures, said shipping container also comprising a fibre board container shaped so that 1.. fits the skeleton metal framework basket sufficiently snugly to be supported thereby, a lining of waxed paper fitting the interior of said carton for providing a, moisture-proof interlay between the fibre board carton and the content when the latter is placed therein,which fibre board carton w1th the moisture-proof interlay is constructed so that when first' inserted within the basket it extends sufficiently above the top of the basket to permit folding inwardly in a manner to cover the butter or other content within the carton, the construction and arrangement being such that the fibre board carton with content therein can' be removed as a whole from the basket without mutilating the package thus provided by the fibre board carton andA content thereof, said container also having a top provided by longitudinally extending boards having near the upper end portions thereof transversely extending cleats positioned so that the cover'can be assembled in closing position in respect to the basket by longitudinal back and forth movements, whereby the ends of the cover will ultimatel be located within the apertures providedY and so that when in place one of said cleats engages the inner portionl of the holding bar ad]acent thereto, said container also having a. transversely extending ller board for filling the space between the other end cleat and the inner! side of the holding bar adjacent thereto, whereby thecover cannot be removed until after the filler iece has been removed.

igned at Chicago, Illinois, this 17th day of March, A. D. 1931.

ELMER MORRIS DAVIS. 

